Brasilia Summer Time (currently not in use)

Daylight Saving Time last used in 2019

GMT/UTC time difference

Time in Brazil is determined at state level.  The time in most of Brazil visited by foreign tourists is Brasília Time (BRT) which is 3 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-3 ).

Brasilia Summer Time (BRST), no longer observed, is 2 hours behind Greenwich Mean Time ( GMT-2

When was Summer Time in effect?

Last time Daylight Saving Time was used, it started on 4 November 2018 and ended on 17 February 2019. Previously, it would come in effect from midnight of the 3rd Sunday of October each year, until midnight of the 3rd Sunday of February the following year.

When there was an overlap between the Sunday for the scheduled end of daylight saving time and Carnival Sunday, the end of summer time was moved to the following Sunday.